Institutional Improved Cook Stoves for Schools and Institutions in Uganda
Institutional Improved Cook Stoves for Schools and Institutions in Uganda
Simoshi is a social enterprise dedicated to improving the livelihoods of children and their families in Uganda. Its energy efficient stand-alone project activity registered with the Clean Development Mechanism and the Gold Standard is capable of bringing a cleaner, healthier and environmentally friendly technology to low-income individuals, especially women and children, by changing the traditional cooking practices used in schools in Uganda. Simoshi outsources institutional improved cook stoves (IICS) from the local manufacturer Ugastove and promotes and sells them to schools and institutions. The behavioural transformation Simoshi brings to schools through an effective management of change and subsequent support to the continuous use of the IICS enables both the participating schools and Simoshi to recycle a percentage of the stream of carbon credit returns, to further expand the number of schools that move up in the energy ladder.
Simoshi sells the IICS through payment schemes that include instalment modalities, allowing schools to comfortably pay back their debt throughout the school year, using the money saved from firewood NOT consumed to pay back for the acquired IICS.
Simoshi's strong relationship of trust built with schools through monitoring, on-going staff training and free annual IICS maintenance, are the added on value and innovative project's pillars necessary for the behavioural transition to happen. IICS is a product that is prone to rapid deterioration if not maintained regularly. Nevertheless the annual free service provided to the IICS and the school is crucial in shaping future customer relations, product expectations and ultimately behavioural change. Schools face tremendous financial constrains and attention to the kitchen environment is the least of their priorities. Nevertheless, they play a crucial role in the school finances, the health impact for children and cooks, the deforestation impact and subsequent CO2 emissions
Project Overview
Institutional Improved Cook Stoves for Schools and Institutions in Uganda | |
Carbon Offsetting | |
Household & Community - Cookstoves | |
Energy Efficiency - Domestic | |
Simoshi Limited | |
GS4364 | |
Sub-Saharan Africa | |
Uganda |
Project Details
2023 | |
Gold Standard (VER) | |
Reduction | |
2017 | |
30072 | |
Yes | |
AMS-II.G. Energy efficiency measures in thermal applications of non-renewable biomass |
Registry URL
Sustainable Development Goals
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SDG 1: No Poverty
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SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being
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SDG 4: Quality Education
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SDG 5: Gender Equality
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SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy
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SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
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SDG 13: Climate Action
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SDG 15: Life on Land
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SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals
Delivered Documents
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Project Design Document (PDD)
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Verification Report
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Emission/Project Report
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Monitoring Report